From DailyTech: Here in the U.S. the legal campaigns of the RIAA and MPAA are the subject of long standing controversy. Decisions like the $1.92M USD verdict against mother Jammie-Thomas Rassert for 24 songs (allegedly representative of large infringement), largely divide the public...

From DailyTech: The consumer industry has continued a shift towards 3DTV development as manufacturers and consumers both look forward to the technology, with a drastic increase of 3D-related patents, according to Reuters.

Over the past five years, the number of 3D patents increased...

It's surprising how time just flies by. It feels as it was just yesterday when the new term computer science classes just started for me, and one whole semester is already close to an end. Not to mention it has been a very long time since our last heatsink review, but it barely...

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. has quietly added two graphics cards into entry-level OEM family. One of the graphics cards – the model 310 – is just a renamed GeForce 210, whereas another one – the model 205 – seems to be the lowest-performing possible discrete graphics card available...

From X-bit Labs: ATI, graphics business unit of Advanced Micro Devices, said that it had not implemented its Sideport technology, which was supposed to boost multi-GPU performance of ATI Radeon HD 4800 X2 graphics card, into the new ATI Radeon HD 5800-series graphics processing units...

From InfoWorld: Apple has released an update to its Xsan software, to version 2.1. The update is available for download from Apple's Web site, and is recommended for all Xsan 2 users.

Xsan is Apple's specially developed storage area network (SAN) file system for Mac OS X. It's aimed...

From PC World: Lenovo will buy back the mobile phone unit that it spun off last year, reversing a move it originally made to focus on its core business in PCs, the company said late Friday.

The PC maker will buy Lenovo Mobile for around US$200 million in cash and stock to tap a...

From CNET News.com: Come early December, Oracle will meet with European Commission regulators to urge their approval of its merger with Sun Microsystems. "Two people with knowledge of the matter" tell Reuters that "Oracle has asked for a hearing which has been fixed for December 10."...

From DailyTech: Illegal file sharing is the big reason there is so much pressure on file sharing sites leading to legal battles and site closures. Across the globe anti-piracy groups like the MPAA, RIAA, and many more are fighting with all they have to close sites that allow users to...

From DailyTech: Love it or hate it, Apple produces the most popular MP3 players on the market (the ubiquitous iPod). And its laptops/desktops offer a nice set of hardware in a small package, albeit at a high price.

But for one day Apple's prices, typically somewhat high, are...